The Promise
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.
Cast
Meret Becker
as Sophie I
Corinna Harfouch
as Sophie II
Anian Zollner
as Konrad I
August Zirner
as Konrad II
Eva Mattes
as Barbara II
Hark Bohm
as Müller II
Otto Sander
as Professor Lorenz
Ulrike Krumbiegel
as Elisabeth
Pierre Besson
as Harald I
Tina Engel
as Sophies Tante
